§ 3.1. General requirements.  


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  • 3.1.1

    Conformance to applicable rules and regulations. In addition to the requirements established herein, all subdivision plats shall comply with the following laws, rules, regulations and ordinances:

    a.

    All applicable statutory provisions, as amended;

    b.

    The zoning ordinance of Greene County, Georgia, building and housing codes, and all other applicable laws of the appropriate jurisdictions, as amended;

    c.

    The standards balancing the interest in promoting the public health, safety, morality, or general welfare against the right to the unrestricted use of the property in question and whether the subdivision plat permits a use that is suitable in view of the use and development of adjacent and nearby property and whether it will adversely affect the existing use or usability of adjacent or nearby property;

    d.

    Any and all rules of the Greene County Health Department or appropriate state agencies, as amended;

    e.

    The regulations of the Georgia Department of Transportation, if the subdivision or any lot contained herein adjoins, or is directly adjacent to a state highway, as amended;

    f.

    The soil erosion and sedimentation ordinance of Greene County, Georgia, as amended.

    3.1.2

    Plats straddling political boundaries. Whenever access to a subdivision is required across land in another governmental jurisdiction, the Greene County Planning and Zoning Commission may request various assurances that access is legally established from the other governmental jurisdiction and the access road is adequately improved.

    3.1.3

    Suitability of the land. Land subject to flooding, improper drainage, erosion, geological hazards, topographical limitations, for other reasons that classify land as unsuitable for residential use shall not be platted for residential use nor for any other use that will continue or increase the danger to health, safety, or property destruction.

    3.1.4

    Rejection of land dedicated. Whenever a plat proposes the dedication of land for public use and it is determined by the planning and zoning commission that such land is not suitable for the proposed public use, the planning and zoning commission shall refuse to approve either the preliminary or final plat until such dedication is removed from the plat.

    3.1.5

    Water retention structures. No water retention structure shall be shown to be dedicated or accepted by Greene County, Georgia. When the planning and zoning commission finds such structure is recorded on a plat, such dedication shall be stricken from the plat prior to approval.

    3.1.6

    Subdivision name. The planning and zoning commission shall have final authority to approve the name of the subdivision, which shall be determined at the time of approval of the preliminary plat.

    3.1.7

    Large scale developments. The requirements of these regulations may be modified in the case of a large scale community, commercial or neighborhood development in excess of 15 acres that is not subdivided into customary lots, blocks, and streets. Such modifications shall conform to the purpose and intent of these regulations, and shall follow the requirements for a planned unit development (PUD) or commercial planned unit development (CPUD) as included in the zoning regulations of Greene County, Georgia, in effect at the time they are revised.

( Ord. of 8-8-2017 )